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A venerable power-assist system gets an impressive performance upgrade.

Keeping up with a fast-developing mobility niche.

A new pediatric stander keeps up with kids and families.

Keeping up with changes that happen throughout our lifetimes.

CRT is getting more responsive and customizable to keep up with consumers.

Kara Kopplin is Director of Regulatory Science for Permobil Seating & Positioning Product Development. She’s also been the long-time Chair of the U.S. ANSI/RESNA Standards Committee for Wheelchair and Related Seating. Asked for an update on pressure injuries from a standards perspective, Kopplin said, “For us, the big deal just before the pandemic was that…

Mobility Management: When wheelchair users develop pressure injuries, the seat cushion often gets the blame. Is that fair? Denise Harmon: It’s complicated (sometimes, the path to discovery of a simple causal factor is the complication!). The cushion is the first cause to be suspected, but often we find that other factors have contributed. MM: It’s…

Courtesy: Linda Norton, M.Sc.CH, Ph.D., OT Reg. (ONT), Manager, Learning & Development for Motion Qualitative study of principles pertaining to lifestyle and pressure ulcer risk in adults with spinal cord injury  pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) This article talks about contributing factors for pressure injury development, such as perpetual danger, interruption of routine, and lifestyle trade-off. Canadian Best Practice…